Last year, the United Soccer Leagues re-branded its leagues into three levels: the USL Championship (formerly the USL), a newly created USL League One, and USL League Two (formerly the PDL). With the creation of the new USL League One, which operates on the third tier of the U.S. Soccer pyramid, came expansion to several smaller cities in the United States, like Madison and Greenville, South Carolina. Other teams from the USL, like the Richmond Kickers, decided to drop a level to League One to cut costs and hopefully breed more regional rivalries. A couple MLS2 teams, like Toronto FC II, also decided to drop down to cut down on expenses, while others like Loudoun United (D.
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